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The Sky Tuesday 6 June 2017

The Sun and ...
the Moon

In Stockholm: The Sun rises today at 3:40, 8 minutes earlier than one week ago. The Sun sets at 21:53, 10 minutes later than one week ago.
In Stockholm: Today the Moon sets at 3:07, and rises at 18:05.
In 3 days: Full moon at 15:11 (Swedish time)

ICE

USNO's ICE (Interactive Computerized Ephemeris), which gives high-precision
planetary positions from 1800 to 2050, can be downloaded
here!
(size somewhat less than 1 MByte). Info about ICE can be found
here!

HaloSim ver 3 - freeware halo simulator

Computer simulation of a complex halo display as would be imaged by a
whole sky fisheye lens. The sun is 27 degrees above the horizon.
This image was generated by Version 3 of the
freeware program HaloSim, available for download at
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/halfeat.htm. It runs under Windows